Measuring device.



S-[HYMBS- MEASURING DEVICE. LPPLIGATION FILED M1 11. 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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S. HYMES.

MEASURING DEVIOE.

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SIMON HYMES, OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO.

MEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Application filed January 11, 1910. Serial No. 537,503.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, SIMON Hymns, of Glenwood Springs, in the county ofGarfield and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Measuring Devices; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an extremely simpleand inexpensive device for accurately measuring the slope of a personsshoulders, back, waist, etc, as a guide for tailors in cutting andfitting garments, and which may be used in connection with any system ofcutting mens or womens garments.

The human body has three bases from which measurements for cuttinggarments may be taken; namely, the top of the head, the shoulder, andthe foot; out all of these involve more or less sloping, and heretoforeit has been the tailor with the most accurate eye in estimating theseslopes who produced the best fitting garments. By means of my inventionI seek to avoid al.l danger of uncertainty, and to produce a device bywhich any person may make perfectly accurate measurements and not berequired to depend upon the accuracy of the eye.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of adevice embodying my invention, two members of the device being partlyraised. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the device as used in measuringthe slope of shoulders. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing it as used forindicating the hollowness of the shoulders. Fig. 4: is a side viewshowing the device used for ascertaining the contour between the shoulders. Fig. 5 is also a side view showing the device as used forascertaining the hollow of the waist. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view. Fig.7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on lines 7-7, Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a base the sides and ends ofwhich are preferably curved. In this base I form a long slot 2 and twoshort slots 3 and 4 at opposite ends of the base.

5 is an arm which is pivoted at one end to one end of the base, andwhich carries at its free end the housing (3 of the spirit level, andwhich when the arm is in its closed posit-ion is projected beyond theend of the base. This arm is shown as formed with two correspondingsides between which the spirit level housing is located.

7 is a measuring arm which is pivoted to the base 1. at the end oppositeto that to which arm 5 is secured. It is shown as composed of twomembers, the outer member 8 being capable of being swung at any desiredangle relatively to the inner member, and each member carries a scale ofgraduation. When the device is used for ascertaining shoulder slope thetwo members are folded together and projected through the space betweenthe sides of the leveling arm 5, the arm 7 being designed to bearagainst the inner end of housing 6. The base is allowed to rest on theshoulder to be measured, a hook 9 on one end thereof being caused toengage the lower end of the collar of the person being measured. The arm5 is raised or lowered until the spirit level shows it to be trulyhorizontal. The figure on the scale directly beneath arm 5 will indicatethe slope of the shoulder, as shown in Fig. 2. Should the person beingmeasured have hol low shoulders, it is necessary to ascertain the depththereof. Vith the base remaining in the position stated, and shown inFig. 2, the measuring arm '7 is opened by moving outwardly the free endof member 8 and projecting such end through slot 2 of the base. Bypressing this end into the deepest part of the hollow, the depth. of thelatter will be indicated by the scale on member 8 at the point where itpasses through the base.

To learn the stoop between the shoulders the leveling arm 5 is raiseduntil it is at rightangles to the base, and it is preferably held insuch position by a spring-arm 10 carried thereby engaging a shoulder 12on the end of the base. The latter is then held vertically with itslower end resting against the back of the customer, and the free end ofmember 8 is projected through slot 3 to engage the collar button orneck-band, as shown in F 4. The device with the parts arr. nged as justdescribed, and as shown in Fig. 4, may be employed for ascertaining thecurvature of the seat, the hips and the abdomen.

For ascertaining the depth or hollow of the waist it is necessary thatthe upper end of the base bear against the back at a point above thehollow, and hence a second measuring arm 13 is employed. This arm is acluplicate of the arm 7, but ispivoted to the base at the same end thatthe leveling arm is pivoted thereto. The free end of. the outer member14 of this second measuring arm is projected through the lower slot Auntil it bears against the waist. Nith the leveling arm trulyhorizontal, the measurement is indicated by the scale on the outermember 1A.

Although the two measuring arms 7 and 13 may be mounted in any suitablemanner, yet I preferably provide the base with a longitudinally extendedcompartment for such arms, and also for the leveling arm 5. Thiscompartment is preferably provided with spaced-apart walls by which itis divided into sections for the several arms.

The advantages of my invention will be at once apparent to those skilledin the art. The device may be used in connection with any system adaptedfor cutting garments for men or women. It does away with all guessworkin shaping garments, and enables the tailor to accurately measure theslope and curvature of his customers shoulders, back, waist, hips, etc.The device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive and being composed ofbut few parts is not liable to readily get out of order.

I claim as my invention 1. A tailors measuring device comprising a basehaving a compartment extending longitudinally thereof, a movable armprojeeting from the base and carrying a spirit level, said arm beingdesigned, when not in use, to fit within said compartment of the base,and a measuring member extending from said base and intersecting theplane of said arm when the latter is extended, said base being designedto rest upon the shoulder of a person being measured.

2. A tailors measuring device comprising a base having a compartmentext-ending longitudinally thereof, a movable arm projecting from saidbase at one end thereof and carrying a spirit level. and a second armpivoted to said base at the other end thereof and intersecting the planeof the first mentioned arm, both of said arms being designed, when notin use, to fit within said compartment.

3. A tailors measuring device comprising a base having a longitudinallyextended slot, an arm pivotally secured to the base at one end thereof,a spirit level carried by said arm, a measuring arm pivoted to said baseat the end thereof opposite to the first mentioned arm, said measuringarm being designed to intersect the plane of said first mentioned armand having a pivoted member which is designed to project through saidslot.

l. A tailors measuring device comprising a base having a slot formedtherein, an arm pivoted to one end of said base, a spirit level carriedby said arm, said arm having spacedapart sides, a measuring arm pivotedto said base at the other end thereof and designed to project betweenthe sides of the first mentioned arm, said measuring arm having apivoted member which is designed to pro j ect through the slot in thebase.

5. A tailors measuring device comprising a base having a slot therein,an arm pivoted to said base at one end thereof and carrying a spiritlevel, means for holding said arm at right angles to said base and ameasuring arm pivoted to the base at one end thereof and having apivoted member which is designed to project through said slot.

6. A tailors measuring device comprising a base, an arm pivoted to theupper end of the base and having a spirit level, a measur ing arm alsopivoted to the upper end of the base and having a. member pivoted to itsouter end and designed to project through the plane of said base.

7. A tailors measuring device, comprising a base having slots in itsopposite ends, an arm pivoted to said base at one end thereof andcarrying a spirit level, and two measuring arms pivoted to opposite endsof the base, each measuring arm having a pivoted member the free end ofwhich is designed to be projected through one of the slots in the base.

8. A tailors measuring device comprising a base having a compartmentextending longitudinally thereof and also having slots in its oppositeends, an arm pivoted to said base at one end thereof and carrying aspirit level, and two measuring arms pivoted to opposite ends of thebase, each measuring arm having a pivoted member, the free end of whichis designed to be projected through one of the slots in the base, eachof said arms being designed, when not in use, to fit within saidcompartment.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON HYMES.

itnesses THEODORE ROSENBERG, Kant. D. Rosnxnnno.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Uommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

